The water is the ignorance and folly of the insipid multitude, while honour and the noble qualities of man represent the brandy.

To each of these ingredients we may object in turn, but experience teaches that, when judiciously mixed, they make an excellent liquor.

It is not the good, but the evil qualities of men, that lead to worldly greatness.

Without luxury we should have no trade.

This doctrine is illustrated at great length, and has been better remembered than anything else in the book; but it may be dismissed with two remarks.